The commissioner general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, says the ongoing exodus in Gaza is reminiscent of the Nakba (catastrophe) in which 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages.

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, he writes: “The present course chosen by the Israeli authorities will not bring the peace and stability that both Israelis and Palestinians want and deserve.

“Razing entire neighbourhoods to the ground is not an answer for the egregious crimes committed by Hamas. To the contrary, it is creating a new generation of aggrieved Palestinians who are likely to continue the cycle of violence. The carnage simply must stop.”

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